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HOUSE  OV  tltt»RESENTATlVES,  Nor.  18,  tSG4.—R<^a<l  first 
and  second  tiiTM}//:in J  rrfur rod  fco  i-he  Oommittee  on  tho  JuJicinry. 
November  22,  I3<J4.— iJ^&pt^U^  biiv.k  fav\)ra.bly,  ami  or'dor.'  I  to  be 
printed.  ^"^ 

[Bj  Mr.  Russell.] 


^  BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  defino   and   punish   conspiracy   against  the 

Confederate  States. 

1  Tht  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

2  if  two  or  more    persons  within   any   State    or  Territory  of  tho 

3  Confederate  States  shall  conspire  to  subvert,  overturn    nr  rL^qtroy, 

4  by  force,  the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  to  oppose, 

5  by  force,  the  execution  of  any  law  of  the  Confederate  States,  or, 

6  by  force   to  hinder,  delay,  or  prevent  the  execution  of  any   law 

7  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  to  seize,  take,  p383e33,  or  destroy 

8  any  property  of  the  Confederate  States,  against  its  own  consent, 

9  or  to  prevent,  delny  or  hinder,  by  force,  or  fraud,  the  transport- 
]i)  at', ,11  uf  ^iin-.l'r'-  or  m.-'n  to  the  army  of  the  C  mf--'d»»r\tn  States, 
11  or  to  ic.-.lruy  or  lujare  any  ro.id,  boat,  cngin  cnipioycd 
18  in  such  transportation,  or  to  hold  any  secret  communication  or 
IS  intercourse  with  an  enemy  of  the  Confederate  State'^,  or  to  aid 
14  or  abet  the  enemy  in    hi^"-^'-    -v.  .-«  t^,-    rr^nf,.  l..r  .to    Sf^»es,  or 


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15  perEODS  in  rebellion  against  the  same,  or  to  promote  dieobedience, 

16  mutiny  or  desertion  in  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States,  or 

17  annoy    the    soldiers    in  the    military    service,    each   and    every 

18  person  so  offending  shall  be   guilty  of  a  high   crime,  and,  upom 

19  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  fiv« 

20  thousand  dollars,  and  shall  be  imprisoned,  with  or  without  labor, 

21  not  exceeding  five  years. 


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